Penstemon 'Schoenholzeri'
(Penstemon 'Firebird')
Family - Plantaginaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Raised in Switzerland
Year of Introduction - 1939
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 80cm
Width - 60cm
Location - The Hot Garden
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming, upright habit. Mid-green leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape. Prolific, tubular bell-shaped flowers are bright scarlet red. Each Bloom has prominent magenta and white streaks at the throat and maroon calyces. The flowers are held in panicles on upright stems and are produced from mid-summer into mid-autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Prolific tubular bell-shaped flowers are bright scarlet red. Each bloom has magenta and white streaks at the throat and maroon calyces. The flowers are held in panicles on upright stems and are produced from July into October.
Flower colour: Red
Flower shape: Tubular-bell-shaped flowers in panicles
Flowering time: July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on lax, but generally upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen
Foliage Shape: Linear to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile moisture retentive soil that is well drained.